MR imaging of kidneys: Functional evaluation using F-15 perfusion imaging

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 293-304

  Grattan Smith, J Damien ^a   Perez Bayfield, Marcos R ^a   Jones, Richard A ^a   Little, Stephen ^a   Broecker, Bruce ^a   Smith, Edwin A ^a   Scherz, Hal C ^a   Kirsch, Andrew J ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydronephrosis; Magnetic resonance imaging; Renal function; Urinary obstruction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIURETIC ACTIVITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENDER; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IONIZING RADIATION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; KIDNEY PERFUSION; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; KIDNEY SURGERY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MICTURITION CYSTOURETHROGRAPHY; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINARY TRACT; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 0038182032     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-003-0896-7     Document Type: Article

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